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AN ACT concerning the emerrgency addministraation of oopioid anttidotes inn schools,,
New Jerssey Statuutes, andd
supplemeenting chhapter 400 of Tittle 18A of the N
amending P.L.20113, c.46.
Reequires cerrtain schoools to maaintain suppply of oppioid antiddotes and ppermits em
mergencyy
adm
ministration of opiooid antidoote by school nurse or trainedd employeee.
PR
RIME Spoonsor
CO--Sponsor
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District CO-Spoonsor
D
District
14/15
116/17
Sam
me as
Suggeested alloocation: sss.1-6: C.18A:40-112.23 et seq.
AN A C
CT conce
erning thhe emergency addministraation of opioid
antiddotes in sschools, ssupplemeenting chaapter 40 of Title 18A of
the N
New Jerseey Statutees, and am
mending P
P.L.2013,, c.46.
TED by the
e Senate aand Geneeral Assem
mbly of thhe State
BE IT ENACT
of New Jersey:
New section) As uused in thhis act:
1. (N
“Opiioid antiddote” meeans naloxxone hyddrochloridde, or any other
similarlly acting drug appproved byy the Unitted Statess Food annd Drug
Adminiistration ffor the treeatment oof an opiooid overdoose.
“Opiioid overrdose” meeans an aacute conndition including, but not
limited to, extreme physical illness, decreaased levvel of
conscioousness, respiratory depreession, cooma, or death reesulting
from thhe consum
mption or use of ann opioid ddrug or annother subbstance
with w
which an opioid ddrug was combineed, and tthat a layyperson
would rreasonablly believee to requirre medicaal assistannce.
“Schhool-sponnsored fuunction” means any actiivity, eveent, or
program
m occurring on oor off schhool grouunds, whhether duuring or
outsidee of regullar school hours, tthat is orrganized or supported by
the schoool.
2. (New secttion) a. Each boaard of eduucation, bboard of ttrustees
ministratorr of a nonnpublic
of a chharter schhool, and chief schhool adm
school shall deevelop a policy, in accoordance with guiidelines
Educationn pursuannt to sectiion 3 of
establisshed by thhe Departtment of E
this actt, for the emergenccy adminiistration oof an opiooid antidoote to a
studentt or staff member who is experienccing an oopioid ovverdose.
The pollicy shall:
(1) rrequire eeach schoool that includes any of tthe gradees nine
throughh 12, and permit aany other school, to obtain a standinng order
for opioid antiidotes puursuant tto sectioon 4 of the “Ovverdose
Preventtion Act,,” P.L.20013, c.466 (C.24:6J-4), andd to mainntain a
supply of opioidd antidotees under tthe standding orderr in a seccure but
unlockeed and eaasily accesssible loccation; and
(2) ppermit thhe schooll nurse, oor a trainned employee designated
pursuannt to subsection cc. of this section, to adminnister an opioid
antidotee to any student oor staff m
member w
whom the nurse or trained
employyee in goood faith beelieves iss experienncing an oopioid oveerdose.
b. (1) Opioidd antidotees shall bee maintaiined by a school pursuant
to paraagraph (1)) of subssection a.. of this section inn quantitties and
types ddeemed addequate bby the boaard of eduucation, bboard of ttrustees
of a chharter schhool, or cchief schhool admiinistrator of a nonnpublic
school, in consuultation w
with the D
Departmeent of Edducation aand the
ment of H
Human Seervices.
Departm
(2) T
The opioiid antidottes shall bbe accesssible in thhe schooll during
regular school hours annd duringg school-ssponsoredd functioons that
take plaace in thee school oor on schoool grounnds adjaceent to thee school
building. A booard of eeducationn, board of trusteees of a charter
may, in
school, or chief school administraator of a nnonpublicc school m
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its disccretion, m
make oppioid antiidotes acccessible during schoolsponsorred functiions that take place off schoool grounnds.
c. (1) The scchool nurrse shall hhave the pprimary responsibiility for
the emergency aadministrration of an opioid antidotte in accoordance
with a ppolicy developed uunder thiss section. The boaard of eduucation,
board oof trusteees of a chharter schhool, or chhief schoool adminnistrator
of a noonpublic school shhall desiggnate addditional em
mployeess of the
school district, ccharter school, or nnonpublicc school w
who volunnteer to
adminisster an oopioid anttidote in the evennt that a student oor staff
membeer experieences an opioid overdose when thhe nurse is not
physicaally preseent at thee scene. The dessignated employeees shall
only bee authorizzed to adm
minister oopioid anttidotes affter receivving the
trainingg requiredd under suubsectionn b. of secction 3 of this act.
(2) In the evvent thatt a licenssed athleetic traineer voluntteers to
adminisster an oopioid anntidote ppursuant tto this aact, it shhall not
constituute a vioolation off the “A
Athletic T
Training L
Licensuree Act,”
P.L.19884, c.203 (C.45:9-337.35 et sseq.).
d. A policy developed pursuannt to this section sshall requuire the
transpoortation off an overrdose victtim to a hhospital eemergenccy room
by emeergency services personneel after tthe adminnistrationn of an
opioid antidote,, even iff the perrson’s syymptoms appear tto have
resolveed.
Thee Departtment off Educatiion, in
(New ssection) a.
3.
with the Departm
ment of Human Servicees and
consulttation w
approprriate medical expperts, shhall estabblish guidelines ffor the
developpment off a policyy by a sschool disstrict, chharter schhool, or
nonpubblic schoool for tthe emerrgency aadministraation of opioid
antidotees. Eachh board oof educatiion, boardd of trusttees of a charter
school, and chieef school administtrator of a nonpubblic schoool shall
ment the gguideliness in develloping a ppolicy purrsuant to section
implem
2 of thiis act.
b. T
The guideelines shaall includde a requiirement tthat each school
nurse, and eachh employeee designnated purssuant to subsectioon c. of
section 2 of thiss act, receeive trainning on sttandardizzed protoccols for
ministratioon of an oopioid anttidote to a student or staff m
member
the adm
who exxperiencess an opioiid overdoose. The training sshall include the
overdosse prevention infformationn describbed in suubsectionn a. of
section 5 of tthe “Oveerdose P
Preventionn Act,” P.L.20133, c.46
(C.24:66J-5). Thhe guidelines shall specify an approopriate enntity or
entitiess to provvide the ttraining, and a scchool nurrse shall not be
solely responsibble to traain the employeess designaated pursuant to
subsecttion c. of section 2 of this acct.
New secttion) No school em
mployee, includingg a school nurse,
4. (N
or any oother offiicer or aggent of a bboard of eeducationn, charter school,
or nonppublic schhool, or a prescriber of opiooid antidootes for a school
throughh a standiing order,, shall bee held liabble for anny good ffaith act
or omisssion connsistent w
with the pprovisionss of this act. Goood faith
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shall nnot include willful missconduct, gross negligennce, or
recklessness.
may enteer into a shared
5. (New seection) A school district m
services arrangeement witth anotheer school district ffor the prrovision
of opiooid antiddotes puursuant too sectionn 2 of this act if the
arrangeement willl result inn cost savvings for tthe districcts.
Notwithsttanding aany law tto the coontrary,
6. (New section) N
funds appropriaated or otherwisse made availabble pursuuant to
P.L.19991, c.226 (C.18A:440-23 et seq.) mayy be usedd to compply with
the requuirementss of sectioon 2 of thhis act in nnonpublicc schools.
Section 3 of P.L.20013, c.46 (C.24:6J-3) is am
mended to read as
7. S
followss:
3. As used iin this actt:
mmissionner" meanns the Com
mmissionner of Hum
man Services.
"Com
"Druug overdoose" meaans an accute conddition inccluding, bbut not
limited to, physiical illnesss, coma, mania, hyysteria, or death reesulting
mption or use of a controlled dangeroous substtance or
from thhe consum
anotherr substancce with w
which a coontrolled dangerouus substannce was
combinned and thhat a laypperson woould reasonably beelieve to require
medicaal assistannce.
"Em
mergency medical responsee entity" means aan organization,
companny, goveernmentall entity, communnity-baseed prograam, or
healthcare systeem that pprovides pre-hosppital emeergency m
medical
services and asssistance too opioid oor heroin addicts oor abusers in the
event oof an overrdose.
"Em
mergency medical respondeer" meanss a persoon, other than a
health care pracctitioner, who is eemployedd on a paaid or voolunteer
basis inn the areaa of emerrgency response, including,, but not limited
to, an emergenncy meddical techhnician acting inn that pperson's
"Heallth care practitiooner" means a
professional cappacity.
prescribber, pharrmacist, or otherr individdual whoose profeessional
practicee is regulated purrsuant to Title 45 of the R
Revised S
Statutes,
and whho, in accoordance w
with the ppractitioner's scopee of profeessional
practicee, prescribbes or disspenses ann opioid aantidote.
"Medical asssistance" means pprofessionnal mediccal servicces that
are proovided to a person experienncing a drrug overddose by a health
care ppractitioner, actinng withiin the practitionner's scoope of
professional praactice, inccluding pprofessionnal mediccal servicces that
are moobilized tthrough ttelephonee contact with thee 911 tellephone
emergeency serviice.
"Opiioid antiddote" means naloxxone hyddrochloridde, or anyy other
similarlly acting drug appproved byy the Unitted Statess Food annd Drug
Adminiistration ffor the treeatment oof an opiooid overdoose.
"Patient" meaans a persson who is at risk of an opioid overrdose or
a persoon who iis not at risk of an opioiid overdoose who, in the
person's individdual capaacity, obttains an opioid aantidote from a
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health ccare pracctitioner, professioonal, or professionnal entity for the
purposee of adm
ministerinng that aantidote tto anotheer personn in an
emergeency, in accordannce with subsectiion c. oof sectionn 4 of
P.L.20113, c.46 (C.24:6J-44). "Patieent" incluudes a proofessionall who is
acting in that professioonal's inddividual capacity, but dooes not
includee a professsional whho is actinng in a professionaal capacityy.
"Preescriber" m
means a health caare practiitioner auuthorized by law
to presccribe meddications who, acting withiin the praactitioner's scope
of profe
fessional ppractice, pprescribees an opiooid antidoote. "Presscriber"
includees, but is not limitted to, a physiciann, physiccian assistant, or
advanced practicce nurse.
"Proofessionall" meanss a persson, other than a healtth care
practitioner, whho is empployed onn a paid bbasis or iis engageed on a
ment or ttherapy,
volunteeer basis iin the areeas of subbstance abbuse treatm
criminaal justice,, or a relaated areaa, and whho, acting in that pperson's
professional or vvolunteer capacity, obtains an opioidd antidotee from a
health care prractitioneer for thhe purpooses of dispensing or
adminisstering thhat antidote to otheer parties in the coourse of bbusiness
or voluunteer acttivities. "Professiional" inccludes, buut is not limited
to, a steerile syrinnge accesss program
m employyee, or a llaw enforrcement
officiall.
"Proofessionall entity"" meanss an oorganizattion, company,
governm
mental eentity, coommunityy-based pprogram, sterile syringe
access program,, or any oother orgaanized grroup that employs two or
more pprofessionnals whoo engagee, duringg the reggular couurse of
businesss or voluunteer activities, inn direct innteractionns with oppioid or
heroin addicts oor abuserrs or othher persons suscepptible to opioid
overdosse, or wiith other persons who are in a possition to pprovide
direct m
medical aassistancee to opioiid or herooin addiccts or abuusers in
the event of an ooverdose.
means a patient, pprofessionnal, professional entity,
"Reccipient" m
emergeency meddical respponder, [or] emerrgency m
medical reesponse
entity , school, sschool district, or school nuurse who is prescrribed or
dispenssed an oopioid anntidote inn accordaance witth sectionn 4 of
P.L.20113, c.46 (C.24:6J-44).
(cf: P.L
L.2015, cc.10, s.1)
Section 4 of P.L.20013, c.46 (C.24:6J-4) is am
mended to read as
8. S
followss:
4. aa. (1) A prescribber or otther heallth care practitioner, as
approprriate, mayy prescribbe or disppense an oopioid anttidote:
(a) directly oor through a standding orderr, to any recipient who is
deemedd by thhe healthh care practitionner to be capaable of
adminisstering thhe opioidd antidotte to an overdosse victim
m in an
emergeency;
(b) through a standing order, to any prrofessionaal or emeergency
medicaal respondder who iis not actting in a pprofessional or voolunteer
capacityy for a professiional entity, or an emerrgency m
medical
responsse entity, but who is deemedd by the hhealth carre practitiioner to
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be capaable of addministeriing opioidd antidotees to overrdose victtims, as
part off the proffessional's regularr course of busineess or voolunteer
activitiees;
(c) through a standinng order, to any professioonal who is not
acting in a professional or volunnteer cappacity forr a profeessional
med by thhe healthh care prractitionerr to be
entity, but whoo is deem
capablee of diispensingg opioidd antidottes to recipientts, for
adminisstration thhereby, aas part off the proffessional's regular course
of businness or voolunteer aactivities;;
(d) through a standinng order, to any professionnal entity or any
emergeency mediical respoonse entitty, whichh is deemed by thee health
care prractitioneer to empploy proffessionalss or emeergency m
medical
respondders, as apppropriatte, who arre capable of admiinisteringg opioid
antidotees to overrdose victtims as paart of the entity's rregular coourse of
businesss or voluunteer actiivities;
(e) through a standingg order, tto any proofessional entity w
which is
deemedd by the hhealth carre practitiioner to eemploy prrofessionaals who
are cappable off dispenssing opiooid antiddotes to recipiennts, for
adminisstration tthereby, as part oof the enntity's regular couurse of
businesss or voluunteer actiivities ;
(f) through a standing order, to a scchool, schhool disttrict, or
school nurse puursuant to the provvisions off section 2 of P.L.
, c.
(C.
) (pending before tthe Legisslature as this bill)..
(2) ((a) For tthe purpooses of thhis subsection, whhenever tthe law
expresssly authorrizes or requires a certainn type off professional or
professional enttity to obbtain a standing orrder for opioid anntidotes
pursuannt to thiss sectionn, such pprofessionnal, or thhe professsionals
employyed or enggaged byy such proofessionaal entity, as the caase may
be, shaall be pressumed byy the presscribing oor dispennsing heallth care
practitioner to bbe capablee of admiinisteringg or dispensing thee opioid
antidotee, consisttent with tthe expreess statutoory requirrement.
(b) For the purposess of thiss subsecttion, whenever thhe law
expresssly requires a certaain type oof emergency mediical respoonder or
emergeency meddical response entiity to obttain a staanding orrder for
opioid antidotess pursuannt to this section, such emeergency m
medical
medical rresponderrs emplooyed or
respondder, or tthe emerrgency m
engaged by succh emergeency meddical respponse enttity, as thhe case
med by thee prescribbing or dispensingg health
may bee, shall bee presum
care praactitionerr to be caapable of administeering the opioid anntidote,
consisteent with tthe expresss statutoory requireement.
(c) For thee purposees of thiis subsecction, whhenever tthe law
expresssly authorrizes or reequires a school orr school ddistrict too obtain
a standding orderr for opioid antiddotes purssuant to tthis sectiion, the
school nurses em
mployed or engageed by thee school oor school district
shall bbe presum
med by tthe prescribing orr dispenssing health care
practitioner to be capabble of addministeriing the opioid anntidote,
consisteent with tthe expresss statutoory requireement.
(3) ((a) Whennever a pprescriberr or otherr health ccare pracctitioner
prescribbes or ddispenses an opioid antidoote to a professioonal or
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professional enntity purssuant to a standding ordeer issuedd under
paragraaph (1) oof this suubsection, the stannding ordder shall specify
whether the proffessional or professsional enntity is auuthorized tthereby
to direcctly administer thhe opioid antidote to overddose victtims; to
dispensse the opiioid antidote to reccipients, ffor their aadministraation to
third paarties; or to both aadministerr and disppense the opioid anntidote.
If a stannding ordder does nnot includde a specification in this reegard, it
shall bee deemedd to authoorize the pprofessionnal or proofessionaal entity
only too administer the oppioid antidote witth immunnity, as prrovided
by subsection cc. of thiss section,, and it shall nott be deem
med to
authorize the prrofessionaal or proofessionall entity too engagee in the
further dispensing of tthe antiddote to recipientts, unless such
w, as provvided by ssubparagrraph (b)
authoritty has beeen granteed by law
of this pparagraphh.
(b) Notwithsstanding the provvisions of this paaragraph to the
contraryy, if the llaw expreessly authhorizes or requires a certain type of
professional, prrofessionaal entity,, emergeency meddical respponder,
mergencyy medical responsee entity , sschool, scchool disttrict, or
[or] em
school nurse to administeer or disppense opiioid antiddotes purssuant to
a standding ordder issuedd hereunnder, thee standinng order issued
pursuannt to thiss sectionn shall bee deemedd to grannt the auuthority
specifieed by thhe law, even if such autthority iss not exxpressly
indicateed on the face of thhe standinng order.
(4) Any preescriber or otherr health care prractitioneer who
prescribbes or diispenses an opioid antidotte in goood faith, and in
accordaance withh the proovisions oof this suubsection,, shall noot, as a
result oof the prractitioneer's acts or omisssions, be subject to any
criminaal or civiil liabilityy, or anyy professsional dissciplinaryy action
under T
Title 45 oof the Revvised Stattutes for pprescribinng or disppensing
an opiooid antidoote in acccordance with P.L.2013, c.446 (C.24::6J-1 et
seq.).
b. (11) Any prrofessionaal or proffessional eentity thaat has obttained a
standinng order, pursuantt to subsection a. of this section, for the
dispenssing of oppioid antiidotes, m
may dispennse an oppioid antiidote to
any reccipient w
who is deeemed byy the proffessional or profeessional
entity tto be caapable off adminisstering thhe opioidd antidotee to an
overdosse victim in an em
mergency.
(2) Any professional or profeessional entity thhat dispennses an
opioid antidote iin accorddance withh paragraaph (1) off this subssection,
in good faith, and purrsuant to a standding ordeer issuedd under
subsecttion a. off this secction, shaall not, ass a resultt of any acts or
omissioons, be ssubject to any crriminal oor civil liability or any
professional discciplinary action foor dispenssing an oppioid antiidote in
C.24:6J-1 et seq.).
accordaance withh P.L.20133, c.46 (C
c. (11) Any em
mergencyy medicall respondeer or emeergency m
medical
responsse entity that hass obtaineed a stannding ordder, pursuuant to
subsecttion a. oof this section, ffor the aadministraation of opioid
antidotees, may aadministerr an opioiid antidotte to overrdose victtims.
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(2) Any emeergency m
medical rresponderr or emeergency m
medical
responsse entity tthat admiinisters ann opioid aantidote, in good ffaith, in
accordaance withh paragrapph (1) of this subssection, annd pursuaant to a
standinng order issued under subseection a. of this seection, shhall not,
as a ressult of anny acts or omissioons, be suubject to any crim
minal or
civil liiability, oor any ddisciplinaary actionn, for addministeriing the
opioid antidote in accorrdance w
with P.L.22013, c.446 (C.24:6J-1 et
seq.)
d. (11) Any pperson whho is thee recipiennt of an opioid anntidote,
which hhas been prescribeed or disppensed forr adminisstration puurposes
pursuannt to subssection a. or b. of tthis sectioon, and w
who has reeceived
overdosse prevenntion infoormation ppursuant to sectionn 5 of P.L
L.2013,
c.46 (C
C.24:6J-5), may aadministeer the oppioid antidote to another
person in an eemergencyy, withouut fee, iif the anntidote reecipient
believees, in goood faith, that the other peerson is experienccing an
opioid ooverdose.
(2) Any persson who administeers an oppioid antiddote purssuant to
paragraaph (1) off this subsection shhall not, aas a resullt of the pperson's
acts or omissionns, be suubject to any crim
minal or ccivil liabiility for
adminisstering thhe opioid antidote in accorddance withh P.L.20113, c.46
(C.24:66J-1 et seqq.).
e. In additioon to the immunitty that is providedd by this section
for authorized persons who arre engagged in tthe presccribing,
mmunity
dispenssing, or aadministeering of aan opioidd antidotee, the im
provideed by secttion 7 or section 8 of P.L.2013, c.466 (C.2C:35-30 or
C.2C:35-31) shaall apply to a perrson who acts in aaccordancce with
this secction, proovided thhat the reequiremennts of those sectiions, as
applicaable, havee been meet.
f. A
Any schoool, school district, school nuurse, schoool emplooyee, or
any othher officerr or agentt of a boaard of eduucation, charter schhool, or
nonpubblic schoool who addministerss, or perm
mits the addministraation of,
an opiooid antidoote in goood faith iin accorddance withh the proovisions
of sectiion 2 of P
P.L. , c. (C.
) (pending beforee the Legislature
as thiss bill), aand purssuant to a standiing ordeer issuedd under
subsecttion a. off this secction, shaall not, ass a resultt of any acts or
omissioons, be ssubject too any crriminal oor civil lliability, or any
discipliinary acttion, forr adminiistering, or for permittinng the
adminisstration oof, the opioid antiddote in acccordancee with P.L
L.2013,
c.46 (C
C.24:6J-1 et seq.).
(cf: P.L
L.2015, cc.10, s.2)
9. This act shhall take effect onn the first day of thhe fourthh month
ment of
next foollowing the date of enacttment, exxcept thee Departm
Educatiion may take anny anticiipatory aadministrrative acttion in
advance as shalll be necesssary for tthe implementationn of this aact.
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STATE
EMENT
Thiss bill wouuld requiree a boardd of educaation, boaard of trusstees of
a chartter schoool, and chief schoool administrator of a nonnpublic
school to develoop a poliicy, pursuuant to D
Departmeent of Edducation
ministratiion of ann opioid aantidote
guidelinnes, for tthe emerggency adm
to a student oor staff m
member who is experienncing an opioid
overdosse. The ppolicy will: (1) reqquire a scchool thatt includess any of
the graddes nine tthrough 112, and peermit anyy other schhool, to oobtain a
standinng order for opioiid antidootes and tto maintaain a suppply of
opioid antidotess in a secure and eeasily acccessible llocation; and (2)
permit the schoool nursee or trainned employees too administer an
opioid antidote to any sttudent or staff member whom the nnurse or
trained employeee in goood faith bbelieves iss experieencing ann opioid
overdosse. The opioid aantidotes must be accessiblle in the school
during regular sschool hours and dduring schhool-sponnsored fuunctions
that takke place iin the schhool or oon schooll groundss adjacentt to the
school building. A board of education,, board oof trusteees of a
charter school, oor chief sschool addministrattor of a nnonpublic school
may, inn its disscretion, make oppioid antidotes acccessible during
school--sponsoreed functions that taake place off schoool grounds.
Under the ppolicy, thhe schoool nurse will havve the pprimary
responssibility ffor the emergenccy adminnistrationn of an opioid
antidotee. The bboard of educatioon, board of trusteees of a charter
school, or chieff school administtrator of a nonpubblic schoool will
mployees who vollunteer too administer an
designaate additiional em
opioid antidote in the event thhat a sttudent orr staff m
member
when thee nurse iss not phyysically
experieences an opioid overdose w
presentt at the scene.
The bill direects the D
Departmeent of Edducation, in consuultation
medical
with thhe Departtment of Human Services and apprropriate m
experts, to estabblish guiddelines foor school districts, charter sschools,
and noonpublic schools in devveloping their poolicies ffor the
adminisstration oof opioid antidotess. The guuidelines will requuire that
each scchool nurrse, and eeach empployee designated by the board of
educatiion, boardd of trusstees of a charter school, or chief school
adminisstrator oof a noonpublic school pursuant to thee bill’s
provisioons, receeive training on standarddized prootocols ffor the
adminisstration oof an opioid antiddote to a student oor staff m
member
who exxperiencess an opiooid overdoose. The training will incluude the
overdosse prevention infformationn describbed in suubsectionn a. of
section 5 of tthe “Oveerdose P
Preventionn Act,” P.L.20133, c.46
(C.24:66J-5).
The bill provvides imm
munity froom liabiliity for scchool nurses and
other employeess or agennts of a booard of eeducation, charter school,
or nonnpublic scchool, annd prescrribers off opioid antidotess for a
school, for goodd faith accts or om
missions cconsistent with thhe bill’s
provisioons. Thee bill alsoo stipulattes that scchool disstricts maay enter
into shhared serrvices arrrangemennts for tthe proviision of opioid
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antidotees; and that fundds made availablee pursuannt to P.L
L.1991,
c.226 ((C.18A:400-23 et seq.) mayy be usedd in nonpuublic schhools to
complyy with thee provisionns of the bill.
In aaddition, the bill amends the “Overdose P
Preventionn Act,”
P.L.20113, c.46 (C.24:6J--1 et seq..), to: (1)) include schools, school
districtss, and school nuurses among the recipientts that m
may be
prescribbed opiooid antidootes throough a sstanding order; aand (2)
providee that immunityy from liabilityy for oopioid aantidote
adminisstration inn accordaance with the Overrdose Prevention A
Act will
be appllicable too schools,, school ddistricts, school nnurses, annd other
employyees or aagents of a board of education, chharter schhool, or
nonpubblic schoool who addministerr, or perm
mit the addministrattion of,
opioid aantidotes in good ffaith undeer the proovisions oof the bill.
Requirees certainn schools to maintaain supply of opiooid antidootes and
permitss emergeency adm
ministratioon of oppioid antiidote by school
nurse oor trained employeee.